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(TWO DRIFTERS - OFF TO SEE THE WORLD)
by João Pedro Rodrigues
101 minutes
Portugal, 2005
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : João Pedro RODRIGUES
Writer(s) : João Pedro RODRIGUES, Paulo REBELO
Cast : Ana Cristina DE OLIVEIRA, Nuno GIL, João CARREIRA, Teresa MADRUGA, Carloto
COTTA
Producer(s) : Maria João SIGALHO (Rosa Filmes)
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Synopsis:
Pedro and Rui have been lovers for a year. They kiss passionately while making vows
of endless love. Later, Pedro has a brutal car acident and dies in Rui's arms. All
by himself, Rui feels hopeless and lost, with no taste for living.
But the love of Pedro and Rui is eternal.
Odete works as skate-stewardess in a supermarket. When Odete insists in getting
pregnant, her lover, Alberto, runs away. He doesn’t want to compromise. All by herself,
Odete lives in a delusive world. Her dream of having a baby becomes an obsession.
When she gets home, Odete sees Pedro’s mother, Teresa, leaving to mourn her son.
Odete hardly knew Pedro, an upper-floor neighbour, but, in a sudden impulse, she
dresses in black and follows her into the funeral chapel. Her sadness for Alberto’s
break up makes her weep Pedro's death. Odete transfers to the dead boy’s body her
sorrow for Alberto’s disappearance and sinks into illusion.
Pedro’s phantom is calling her…
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BOSNIA DIARIES
by Joaquim Sapinho
77 minutes
Portugal, 2005
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Genre : Documentary
Director(s) : Joaquim SAPINHO
Writer(s) : Joaquim SAPINHO
Producer(s) : Maria João SIGALHO (Rosa Filmes), Amândio COROADO
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Synopsis:
I went to Bosnia after the war ended, in 1996, when the Dayton Peace Accord was
being implemented.
Bosnia had been divided in two entities, which separated the two main opposing forces
of the conflict; the Serb Bosnians and the Muslim Bosnians.
Two years later, in 1998, I returned to Bosnia…
This movie is a diary of the two voyages, in which I deal with the memories of the
war, the death and destruction and with the victims’ struggle who don’t know how
to return home.
Joaquim Sapinho
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POLICE WOMAN
by Joaquim Sapinho
84 minutes
Portugal, 2003
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : Joaquim SAPINHO
Writer(s) : Joaquim SAPINHO
Cast : Amélia CORÔA, Ludovic VIDEIRA, Maria SILVA, Vítor NORTE, Ana NAVE
Producer(s) : Maria João SIGALHO (Rosa Filmes), Amândio COROADO
Country(ies) : PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN, BRAZIL
Language(s) : PORTUGUESE
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Synopsis:
Tânia is a young widow living in a village located in northern Portugal.
Rato, her nine-year-old son, is wandering around with bad companies. Now, he got
into troubles and is being sent to a correction house. In order to stay close to
her son, Tânia decides to run away with him to Lisbon.
But in the way she will have to face her destiny...
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PHANTOM
by João Pedro Rodrigues
90 minutes
Portugal, 2000
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : João Pedro RODRIGUES
Writer(s) : João Pedro RODRIGUES, Paulo REBELO, José NEVES, Alexandre MELO Cast
: Ricardo MENESES, Beatriz TORCATO, André BARBOSA, Eurico VIEIRA
Producer(s) : Amândio COROADO (Rosa Filmes)
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Synopsis:
Sergio spends his days between a rented room in a cheap hotel, anonymous sex and
his job as a rubbish collector in the north sector of Lisbon. But one night his
eyes fall on the phantom of his dreams, and he awakens in the obsession of love…
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GLORIA
by Manuela Viegas
110 minutes
Portugal, 1999
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : Manuela VIEGAS
Writer(s) : Manuela VIEGAS, Joaquim SAPINHO
Cast : Jean-Christophe BOUVET, Raquel MARQUES, Francisco RELVAS, Ricardo AIBÉO,
Isabel DE CASTRO, Paula SÓ, Carlos MELO
Producer(s) : Amândio COROADO (Rosa Filmes)
Country(ies) : PORTUGAL, FRANCE, SPAIN
Language(s) : PORTUGUESE
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Synopsis:
Ivan goes to live with his father, Vicente, the stationmaster, in a small remote
village inland Portugal. People go about their chores, each wrapped in its own life.
Gloria lives with a career and seems to be slipping away from everything and everyone.
Set apart from everything is the secret refuge, the only safe place on the planet.
Ivan is happy to share Gloria’s secret, a small heaven hidden in the river, below
the water that separates the worlds. One feels like staying here. the water that
separates the worlds. One feels like staying here. the water that separates the
worlds. One feels like staying here.
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NO DISTANT HEROES
by Les Blair
Portugal, 1999
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : Les BLAIR
Country(ies) : IRELAND, PORTUGAL, GERMANY
Language(s) : ENGLISH
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Synopsis:
The action occurs in the Block H of Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, between January
and the 5th May of 1981 – death of Bobby Sands, in result of a hunger strike. The
republican prisoners did this strike in order to obtain the statute of political
prisoners. The strike occurred after 4 years of protests, during which the prisoners
were confined to their cells wearing nothing but a blanket. And another hunger strike
followed – between October and December of 1980 - it only ended because the prisoners
thought their demands had been attended.
From the point of view of the characters
the camera follows every event, which will culminate with the death of ten prisoners
in Maze prison. The main issue of “H3” is the dilemma lived by those men: should
they initiate a hunger strike, or just remain the way they are, under a protest
that has already become obsolete?
Having chosen, as a group, the hunger strike, we see, afterwards, the impact that
their personal and family matters have on their own individual political beliefs.
Many of the dilemmas and personal dramas of the main characters are solved and,
despite they know the price they have to pay is tremendously high even before they
see their demands attended, they have a compromise with a single goal, strengthened
by the unity of the group, and they manage to do it. It was under that strength
and commitment that the first steps towards the peace process in Ireland were taken.
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MERCY
by Alberto Seixas Santos
85 minutes
Portugal, 1999
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : Alberto SEIXAS SANTOS
Writer(s) : Alberto SEIXAS SANTOS
Cast : Pauline CADELL, Rui MORRISON, Alexandre PINTO
Producer(s) : Amândio COROADO (Rosa Filmes)
Country(ies) : PORTUGAL, IRELAND, SPAIN, BRAZIL
Language(s) : PORTUGUESE
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Synopsis:
In a city, thousands of stories unfold simultaneously. This is the story of Cathy
and Pedro, Daniel and his friend… The story of the Cruz couple, of the grandfather
who comes to Lisbon to look for his runaway granddaughter… The story of this godforsaken
child who comes to announce the end of the world. And all shall wait a new dawn.
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THE SHADOW OF CAIN
by Paco Lúcio
Portugal, 1999
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Genre : Drama
Director(s) : Paco LÚCIO
Country(ies) : SPAIN, PORTUGAL, NETHERLANDS
Language(s) : SPANISH
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Synopsis:
Patricia, married to Daniel Gil-Cohen, lives in a luxurious house in the city with
Doña Esther, her mother-in-law, who owns a steel foundry. Daniel’s elder brother,
Esteban, also lives there. He is an important politician working at the Home Office.
When blackmail from drug dealers reveals Patricia’s turbulent past, the fragile
family balance is put at stakes.
Meanwhile the foundry is losing its clients and Doña Esther calls her third son
Santana. Will he be able to put the situation right?
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LOVE & CO.
by Helvécio Ratton
Portugal, 1998
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Genre : Comedy
Director(s) : Helvécio RATTON
Country(ies) : BRAZIL, PORTUGAL
Language(s) : BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
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Synopsis:
Based on the original novel by Eça de Queiroz “Alves & Cia.”, – about Godofredo
Alves, a rich businessman of São João del Rey (Brazil) at the end of the 19th century.
One day, Alves finds his beloved wife Ludovina in the arms of his partner Machado.
From that moment on, Alves' world collapses and his life changes into hell. “LOVE
& CO.” tells in a very humoristic way the story of a man betrayed by the people
in whom he trusted. He is a man tortured by a dilemma: what is more important in
life, fight for your love or defend your own honour?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
by João Pedro Rodrigues
15 Minutes
Portugal, 1997
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Genre : Black comedy
Director(s) : João Pedro RODRIGUES
Writer(s) : João Pedro RODRIGUES
Cast : Eduardo SOBRAL, João Rui GUERRA DA MATA, Sónic - THE CAT
Producer(s)
: Amândio COROADO (Rosa Filmes)
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Synopsis:
The silent darkness of the bedroom is broken by a greetings message on the answering-machine.
A sudden awakening for Chico on his thirtieth birthday. What a mess! Too late to
meet his girlfriend, too late for the meeting at Expo '98, and, even worse, an outsize
hangover. But that's not all. Lying next to him in bed is a young man with whom
he has spent the night. He must now pick up the threads of his everyday life.
Meanwhile his companion from the night before, with blue eyes and feline body, wanders
around the house feeling both curious and amused, with the restless happiness of
a twenty-year old with all the time in the world to spare.
It is his hunger for life that, in an undeclared game, will transform what could
otherwise have been a normal birthday morning for Chico...
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HAIRCUT
by Joaquim Sapinho
90 minutes
Portugal, 1995
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Genre : Romance
Director(s) : Joaquim SAPINHO
Writer(s) : Joaquim SAPINHO, Manuela VIEGAS, Amândio COROADO
Cast : Carla BOLITO, Marco DELGADO, Orlando SÉRGIO, Francisco NASCIMENTO
Producer(s) : Amândio COROADO (Rosa Filmes)
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Synopsis:
She’s nineteen, her name is Rita. She works at the perfume shop at the mall. Today,
she’s getting married. She goes to the hairdresser.
Earthquake. She suddenly decides
to cut her hair short. Paulo, her fiancé, is waiting at the town hall.
What is going to happen?
You’ll have to see it.
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